The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-02-04
COUNCIL MEETING.

The regular monthly meeting of the
council met in their chambers last night.
After the regular preliminary order of
business had been gone through with
the reading of petitions, applications,
etc., were taken up.
Mr.. G. Lulsdorff presented a petition
asking the privilege oferecting veneer
ed warehouse on lot 8, block IA. He
had everything prepared 10 complete
the work before the passage of the re-
cent ordinance, and for that reason, the
Mayor suggested the propriety of grant
ing prayer of petitioner. The matter
was finally referred to the committee on
ordinance and city engineer to report to
council at future meeting.
A petition from large number OF
citizens was presented, asking that the
Omaha road be required TO establish a
fiagman at the crossing on Main street,
it being deemed unsafe to life and pro-
perry without some safeguard. Warren
and Rock streets were added to Main,
and on motion the City Recorder was
requested to notify the railroad officials
to properly protect these crossings from Z
O'Clock a. m. until 1890 p. m. The or
dinance requires the railroad company
to comply with this demand within 80
days from date of notification under
penalty. The company will also be re-
quested to take care of the waste water
at their tank on Spring street.
Mr.. +. l.. Waters rendered his resig-
as one of the aldermen of the third ward
of Mankato, and the resignation was ac-
cepted by resolution as follows:
Resolved, By the Common Council of the
City Of Mankato:
That the resignation hereby rendered
by +. l.. Waters as one Of the aldermen
from the Sd ward of the ssid city, is
hereby accepted, ansdssI2 said Office OF
alderman heretoforards 81 by the said f.
L. Waters is hereby declared to be va
cant.
The city officers reports for the
month of January showed the street
commissioner to have expended 1888. Id
for improvements; the police depart.
ments to have made 8 arrests and lodged
15 unfortunates; and the city treasurer
to have a balance on hand of 81 ,347 81.
City engineer Lilly made report OF
money expended upon water works i'm
provements under his direction. The
sum total was $953.93.
Alderman Wood from the committee
on ways and means gave notice that the
city stood in need of funds. There are
about 81 900 due and payable with only
81 800 in the treasury. The committee
was authorized to make loan of 81 SOC
to run until the real and personal prop.
erty tax is paid over to the city.
Alderman Patterson, of the water
committee, reported that it was the
sense of committee that proposition to
bond the city for $50, 900 for water works
| be submitted to the voters at the spring
election. By act of the legislature some
years ago, when we were granted the
privilege of bonding the city for $50, 00C
only half that amount was voted, and we
now have right to vote the balance.
The committee also recommended that
| the water mains be extended and thai
an additional reservoir be constructed
Unless arrangements can be made with
II. ID. Hubbard q TO. to reduce the cost
of pumping, he felt it the duty of the
council to take steps to put in the neces-
sary pumps and machinery with which
to supply its own force power. The mat
| ter of water rent was aiso looked into,
and consumers of water will be required
to pay about double for their supply In
future to what they have in the past.
The matter of submitting the question
of issuing $50, 600 in bonds for the pur'
poses above stated was then put TO vote
| anu Wd6
the proposition will be submitted to the
people at the Spring election.
Aid. Patterson, from special commit
tee on charter revision, stated that the
committee decided TO recommend the
establishing of wards. The dividing
| line between first and second wards ia
be at Madison Avenue, and the 4th al
south side of slough; I'd and Sd wards to
remain same as at present. This feature
of the new ordinance to take effect one
year from this Spring. All aldermen't
time will expire at that time, and there.
after 2 aldermen from each ward. Also
recommends that aldermen alter thai
time receive compensation.
Mayor Carney did not think 1t adyisa.
BILE to divide the city into wards, and
thought it better to make more precincts
The favorable points for six wards
brought out in discussion was that 1t di.
yided the labor of aldermen better, The
first and fourth wards are so very large
to look after that it makes the duties Of
the representatives from these wards
very onorous.
Mayor Carney liked the Ohio law best
where each polling place issupplied witt
two sets Of judges-one set to take the
ballots, the other to count them.
| Mr.. Fowler was opposed to six wards.
Two years would be the long term, and
he thought that the third year was alto
gether the most valuable. He said he